Mark Gruenberg
LATEST ARTICLES BY Mark Gruenberg
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Study of key nations: Pandemic could have been 90 times worse
June 18, 2020"There have been huge personal costs to staying home and canceling events, but the data show that each day made a profound difference.”
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LGBTQ unionists hail ruling but say hearts and minds are another matter
June 17, 2020“Being in Alabama, I’ve had to get even union folks to understand what’s going on. There was a lot of hatred from people who didn’t understand.”
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Critics: Trump executive order on police solves nothing
June 17, 2020When it comes to dismantling the systematic racism of the nation’s police, the nation has a long way to go, and GOP President Donald Trump doesn’t get it at all, critics say.
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Unions launch massive car caravan for racial, economic justice
June 16, 2020The nation’s unions will launch a massive car caravan on June 17 – and not just in the Nation’s Capital – for racial and economic justice.
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Supreme Court bans discrimination on the job against LGBTQ people
June 16, 2020Landmark ruling hailed by civil rights groups, the AFL-CIO and other unions.
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Facebook backs down from allowing ban on word ‘unionize’
June 15, 2020Zuckerberg told Fox on June 12 the app is in “early development” and said Facebook should never have used “unionize” as an example of words to censor. He did not announce other actions.
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Movement grows against Trump’s looting of taxpayers
June 12, 2020Mnuchin vows to keep secret who got the last $500 billion while McConnell schemes to loot taxpayers again in the next stimulus bill.
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Nursing homes illegally grabbing Medicaid recipients’ $1,200 checks
June 12, 2020“The people who are supposed to be taking care of them”—the nursing home residents—“are ripping them off.”
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